Roelof Abraham Furstenburg, 1821

Name
Roelof Abraham /Furstenburg/
Given names
Roelof Abraham
Surname
Furstenburg
Birth
Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c4.
Baptism
Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c4.
Economic Event
British sterling adopted
1825 (aged 3 years)
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Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling.
Historical Event
Great trek
1835 (aged 13 years)
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Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony.
Town founded
Settlement of Victoria West is established
1844 (aged 22 years)
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Epidemic
Influenza
from 1857 to 1859 (aged 37 years)
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Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza.
War
American Civil War
from April 1861 to May 1865 (aged 43 years)
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Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War.
Death of a brother
Citation details: Furstenburg, p388, b2c2.
War
First Boer War
from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (aged 59 years)
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Death of a brother
Citation details: Furstenburg, p385, b2c1.
Death of a sister
Citation details: Furstenburg, p390, b2c5.
Epidemic
Bubonic plague
February 1, 1901 (aged 79 years)
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Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town.
War
Second Boer War
from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 (aged 80 years)
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Historical Event
South African Republic
from 1852 to 1902 (aged 80 years)
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Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
Historical Event
Orange Free State
from 1854 to 1902 (aged 80 years)
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Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province.
Economic Event
Economic depression
1865 (aged 43 years)
South Africa
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Economic Event
Diamonds discovered
1867 (aged 45 years)
Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
September 1873 (aged 52 years)
Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1881 (aged 59 years)
Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa
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Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area.
Economic Event
Gold discovered
1886 (aged 64 years)
Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Epidemic
Pneumonic plague
February 1904 (aged 82 years)
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Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg.
Epidemic
Tuberculosis
1906 (aged 84 years)
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Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa.
Historical Event
Union of South Africa
May 31, 1910 (aged 88 years)
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Note: Union of South Africa established.
Epidemic
Smallpox
1912 (aged 90 years)
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Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban.
War
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 97 years)
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Epidemic
Spanish flu
1918 (aged 96 years)
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Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world.
Prime minister
Louis Botha
from May 31, 1910 to August 27, 1919 (aged 98 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 3, 1919 to June 30, 1924 (aged 102 years)
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Economic Event
Wall Street Crash
October 1929 (aged 108 years)
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Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century.
Prime minister
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
from June 30, 1924 to September 5, 1939 (aged 118 years)
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War
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 124 years)
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Prime minister
Jan Christiaan Smuts
from September 5, 1939 to June 4, 1948 (aged 126 years)
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Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageAugust 6, 1815Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
17 months
elder brother
18161897
Birth: about 1816 26
Death: June 23, 1897Dist. Vredefort, Free State, South Africa
23 months
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
1819
Birth: October 5, 1819 30
22 months
himself
1821
Birth: July 31, 1821 32
4 years
younger sister
18251898
Birth: June 23, 1825 35
Death: July 30, 1898Dist. Uniondale, Western Cape, South Africa
2 years
younger brother

Descendants of Roelof Abraham Furstenburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Roelof Abraham Furstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenburg and Anna Margaretha Roos, was born on July 31, 1821.

Ancestors of Roelof Abraham Furstenburg

  1. Generation 1
    1. Roelof Abraham Furstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenburg and Anna Margaretha Roos, was born on July 31, 1821.

  2. Generation 2 back to top
      2 of 2 individuals (100% complete).
    1. Johan Pieter Fürstenburg, son of Johan Pieter Fürstenberg and Anna Elizabeth Hammes, was baptized on July 19, 1789.

  3. Generation 3 back to top
      2 of 4 individuals (50% complete).
    1. Johan Pieter Fürstenberg was born calculated 1753 and died on September 1, 1797 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    2. Anna Elizabeth Hammes, daughter of Pieter Casper Hammes and Maria Magdalena Delport.

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